Carey S. Clark, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN is the director of nursing at Pacific College of Health Sciences (effective January 2020) and President of the American Cannabis Nurses Association. Dr. Clark has been a nurse since 1994, with experience in medical-surgical, pediatrics, psychiatric, home health, hospice care, and parish nursing. Dr. Clark has written many publications on diverse topics, ranging from integrating holistic modalities into nursing curriculum to the oncology nurse’s role in working with medicinal cannabis patients. She is the editor forthcoming Wolters-Kluwer textbook for nurses entitled Cannabis: A Handbook for Nurses (2020). Dr. Clark is dedicated to educating nurses and patients around the endocannabinoid system, homeostasis, and the safe and effective use of cannabis to support healing.
Takeaways:
How did a rockstar Nurse Leader end up in Cannabis Nursing?
How Cannabis Nursing is entering mainstream medicine.
Power of Cannabis as a Medicine.
Stimulating the ECS using other methods.
Links/Info:
cclark@pacificcollege.edu
carey@cannabisnurse.org
